John C. Maxwell Quotes About Vision

Quotes about: Vision

• A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Leadership, Basketball

  "Leadership 101: 3 Key Lessons on Advancing Racial Equity" by Dr. Artika R. Tyner, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 15, 2015.

• Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Feb 16, 2016

• A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

  John C. Maxwell (2007). “The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow”, p.89, Thomas Nelson Inc

• People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.108, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Teamwork, Dream

• The success of a vision is determined by its ownership by both the leader and the people.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Leader, Vision

  John C. Maxwell (2001). “Developing the Leader Within You Workbook”, p.176, Thomas Nelson Inc

• All visions begin with relationships. My relationship with God is where I receive the vision; my relationship with my people is where I give the vision. If those relationships aren't what they could be or should be, on either side, the receiving or the giving out, the vision is going to be aborted.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Giving, Vision

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision. Many people who approach the area of vision in leadership have it backwards. They believe that if the cause is good enough, people will automatically buy in and follow. But that's not how leadership works. People don't follow worthy causes; they follow worthy leaders with a cause they can believe in. They buy into the leader first.

  John C. Maxwell

  Believe, People, Leader

• At the beginning, all we have is the vision. At that point God expects us to begin walking in obedience according to the dream He has given us.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Vision, Obedience

  "Turning Vision Into Reality". Enrichment Interview, enrichmentjournal.ag.org. January 2000.

• Without a vision people and the church become self-centered. People start finding fault with one another and the church self-destructs.

  John C. Maxwell

  Self, People, Vision

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Teams make you better than you are, multiply your value, enable you to do what you do best, allow you to help others do their best, give you more time, provide you with companionship, help you fulfill the desires of your heart and compound your vision and effort.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Teamwork, Heart

• If you have great people around you, they will take you higher than your dream will. Leaders are never self-made. Those closest to you determine your level of success, so choosing the right companions as partners in pursuit of your vision is an important decision. My advice is to surround yourself with talented people who will challenge you, help you grow and inspire you to maximize your potential.

  John C. Maxwell

  Dream, Self, People

• Leaders need to remember that the point of leading is not to cross the finish line first. It's to take people across the finish line with you. For that reason, leaders must deliberately slow their pace, stay connected to their people, enlist others to help fulfill the vision, and keep people going. You can't do that if you're running too far ahead of your people.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Running, People

• Personnel determines the potential of the team. Vision determines the direction of the team. Work ethic determines the preparation of the team. Leadership determines the success of the team.

  John C. Maxwell

  Team, Wrestling, Work Ethic

  John C. Maxwell (2003). “The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork Workbook: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team”, p.182, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Transmit your vision emotionally by gaining credibility, demonstrating passion, establishing relationships and communicating a felt need. Transmit it logically by confronting reality, formulating strategy, accepting responsibility, celebrating victory and learning from defeat.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Passion, Responsibility

• A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Vision, Cost

• Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

  John C. Maxwell

  Vision, Desire, Looks

  John C. Maxwell (2011). “The Maxwell Daily Reader: 365 Days of Insight to Develop the Leader Within You and Influence Those Around You”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don't change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Vision, Stubborn

• Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

  John C. Maxwell

  Reality, Vision, Fit

  Source: enrichmentjournal.ag.org

• Teamwork gives you the best opportunity to turn vision into reality.

  John C. Maxwell

  Teamwork, Opportunity, Reality

  John C. Maxwell (2002). “Teamwork Makes the Dream Work”, p.17, Thomas Nelson

• You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by others.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Vision, Way

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.482, Harper Collins

• Management is the process of assuring that the program and objectives of the organization are implemented. Leadership on the other hand has to do with casting vision and motivating people.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Hands, Organization

  John C. Maxwell (2005). “Developing the Leader Within You”, p.7, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Followers are always watching what you do. And people do what people see! If you are a leader seeking to make your vision come alive, then there is no better way to accomplish this than by living it: Modeling your expectations, setting the example by your actions, and showing the way through leading. Your followers, who are watching, will see in you the living picture of the vision, and you will produce the energy, motivation and passion to keep it going.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivation, Passion, Expectations

  FaceBook post by John C. Maxwell from Dec 01, 2014

• In my organizations I don't have employees; I have teammates. Yes, I do pay people and offer them benefits. But people don't work for me. They work with me. We are working together to fulfill the vision. Without them, I cannot succeed. Without me, they cannot succeed. We're a team. We reach our goals together. We need each other. If we didn't, then one of us is in the wrong place.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Team, Organization

  John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.7, Thomas Nelson Inc

• Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Vision, Alive

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